Clifton Park, NY – On Sunday, November 23, at about 8:11 p.m., State Police responded to a serious multi-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of I-87, just south of Exit 11 in the town of Clifton Park.
The preliminary investigation determined two vehicles were travelling southbound when one vehicle rear-ended the other, sending it off the left shoulder and into a guardrail. That vehicle was then struck by a third vehicle and came to rest against the guardrail facing north. The driver of the struck vehicle got out of the vehicle and then was hit by a tractor-trailer, ending up in the driving lane where he was struck another southbound vehicle. That victim was declared deceased at the scene. State Police is withholding the victim’s name pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.
The tractor-trailer that struck the victim left the scene and has not been located.
The investigation is ongoing, and State Police is asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has dashcam video of the incident or the involved tractor-trailer, to contact Troop G Headquarters in Latham at 518-783-3211.